A General Program for Predicting Rigid-Aircraft Gust Response,

Abstract

A Fortran program has been developed for rigid-aircraft gust response calculations. Equations fo motion for the aircraft dynamics are defined in the program and may be augmented to include flight control systems. Input data are used to described a particular aircraft configuration, aerodynamic data and flight conditions. The program calculates the gust response transfer functions and combines them with gust spectra to obtain the output response spectra. The relatively simple gust model included may be modified or extended readily. The transfer functions may also be used to obtain time-domain responses to discrete gusts. Examples are given showing the effects on gust of variations in configuration, aerodynamics and control systems. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA122230

Entities

People

  • R. A. Feik

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Aerodynamic Forces
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Flight
  • Flight Control Systems
  • Mathematical Models
  • Power Spectra
  • Transfer Functions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Approximation Theory.
  • Aviation Science / Aeronautics.
  • Computer Science.